The awakening of the mind.
The key to the differences between people lies in the degree of awakening of thinking. How to achieve the awakening of the mind? Reading books is the best way to go. As Lin Yutang said, reading can open up wisdom, increase knowledge, broaden horizons, and cultivate temperament. People who don't read have a narrow vision and limited thinking. Only by reading widely can you get rid of vulgarity and stubbornness. Read biographies: Draw wisdom from the ups and downs of the biographers' life journeys, and learn their ways of dealing with the world, such as "The Biography of Steve Jobs" and "The New Biography of Su Dongpo". Read**: A book is a world. In "Dream of Red Mansions", you see the lives of Jia Baoyu and the Twelve Hairpins of Jinling, and in "The Three-Body Problem", you are in the grand universe and feel what is "high-dimensional civilization" and what is "the law of the dark forest". Reading History: From the perspective of human nature, history is nothing but a cycle, and we are all repeating the stories of the past. Whether it is the Chinese history "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Historical Records", or the Western history "The Decline of the West" and "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", we can learn from the past and learn from the future. Read the philosophy of religion: At the end of the disciplines is philosophy, and philosophy and religion are not separated. Communicate with Nietzsche, Kant, Socrates, and Confucius, and the construction of a person's cognitive system is inseparable from the grand propositions of "the meaning of life" and "the nature of the world". Read aesthetic books: Aesthetic power is also your competitiveness, and aesthetic masters such as Zhu Guangqian and Li Zehou will tell you what beauty is. Tool books: Dry books such as "Pomodoro Technique", "Flow", and "How to Read a Book" are all teaching you how to accomplish one thing efficiently. Poetry and prose: The condensation of poetry allows you to feel the beauty of words. The delicacy of the poems makes you sigh three times. The poetry of Chu Ci, Tang and Song poems are all pearls of poetry.
Awakening of the mindset.
Throughout the Chu-Han War, although Xiang Yu won many victories, he was defeated in the final battle; Although Liu Bang was often defeated, he won the final battle. Mentality becomes the key to the fate of the two. Life will inevitably encounter difficulties, and it is important to stabilize your mindset. As Wang Yangming said, people need to be tempered in things to be able to stand. In the face of difficulties, change "I can't" to "I do my best", and "I can't" to "I can learn". Leaders give difficult tasks, boldly accept them, and ponder carefully, and you can grow. Not dwelling on bad things is a kind of life wisdom. No chores, attention to detail. Don't panic, calm down and solve it. Don't worry about big things, move forward steadily.
Social awakening.
A man's wealth and wisdom are comparable to the average of the five people he comes into contact with most often. We will meet all kinds of people in our lives, from villains to good friends. If you have more dealings with people, you should know who to be close to and who to stay away from. People who are socially awakened will take the capable as a mirror and the strong as a lamp to choose the right friends. They know how to make friends with people who provide emotional, companionship, finance, growth, and spiritual value. People who give you the value of your soul: the three views of fit, the like-minded taste, the wordless tacit understanding, such a person encounters, cherish it, after all, there is an antidote to the loneliness of life.
The awakening of the pattern.
What is the pattern? It can be summed up by Ma Yifu's poem: "I have known the world, and I still pity the grass and trees." "The so-called world is every side of the world. Only after seeing all kinds of people and things can we have a deeper perception of the world. The farther you go, the more you see, the bigger the pattern. Going to different places and experiencing different lives will give you a better understanding of the diversity of the world.